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Early Virginia Maps

By the time of the earliest religious petition found in this collection, 1774, the Virginia county boundaries had changed from what is represented in the following maps. However, many county names and their general locations remain in use today. These early maps may serve as a rough guide to the Virginia county areas from which the religious petitions in this collection originated. In addition, these maps offer an interesting view of land-related concerns from the perspective of the colonial powers in the years leading up to the time of the Early Virginia Religious Petitions collection.

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Virginia County boundaries based on a 1770 map

A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina. Drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1751.

A map of the British and French dominions in North America..., John Mitchell, [London]; Sold by And: Millar, 1755. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.

A general map of the middle British colonies in America..., Lewis Evans, London, Printed for Carington Bowles, 1771. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.